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The Spectator
Saturday
Letters | 23 July 2011
Spectator readers respond to recent articles Selective indignation Sir: People are — quite correctly — very offended by the phone-hacking antics of the News of the World journalists and editors. But did any of these (now) horrendously affronted guardians of the rights of individual privacy give the slightest damn when similarly disgusting reporters were so gleefully reporting
Barometer | 23 July 2011
Select company The appearance of Rupert Murdoch before the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee confirmed that some of the best action in parliament is now before select committees, not in the chamber. — Select committees were around in the 18th century, when they were convened for particular purposes. An early one, in
Portrait of the week | 23 July 2011
This week’s Portrait of the week Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, cut short a trade mission to South Africa, returning to give a statement on the phone hacking scandal to the Commons, which delayed its summer recess. Rupert Murdoch, the chief executive of News Corporation, appeared before a select committee of the Commons investigating
Leading article: The power of ideas
As Keynes observed, the power of ideas — good ones and tragic, wrong-headed ones — is far greater than is commonly understood. As Keynes observed, the power of ideas — good ones and tragic, wrong-headed ones — is far greater than is commonly understood. The Thatcher counter-revolution in the 1980s was made possible by intellectual
Friday
The week that was | 22 July 2011
Here is a selection of posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the past week. Fraser Nelson calls on MPs to save ‘Gobby’, and reflects on an odd parliamentary drama. James Forsyth says that there is a feeling that David Cameron has turned the corner over phone hacking, and wonders where Cameron’s praetorians might be. David Blackburn
Monday
CoffeeHousers’ Wall, 18 July – 24 July
Welcome to the latest CoffeeHousers’ Wall. For those who haven’t come across the Wall before, it’s a post we put up each Monday, on which – providing your writing isn’t libellous, crammed with swearing, or offensive to common decency – you’ll be able to say whatever you like in the comments section. There is no
Just in case you missed them… | 18 July 2011
…here are some of the posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the weekend. James Forsyth says that the phone hacking spotlight is turning onto the police, reacts to Sir Paul Stephenson’s resignation, and notes how much ammunition Stephenson has given Labour. David Blackburn watches European financial institutions attack the EU’s latest answer to the Eurozone crisis,
